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John Edwards’ Three Americas Open Thread »

By Pat Racimora on Jun 4, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

The rich, the poor, and perhaps a hybrid—Those who think they can play by their own rules and get away with it.

Who’s Sexy? »

By Pat Racimora on May 26, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Here are two fine-looking young fellows. Which one do you think is more sexually attractive? Turns out a new study came up with some interesting findings. Researchers Jessica Tracy and Alex Beall (publishing the most recent issue of Emotion) asked a question: “Are women interested in men who smile, or do they prefer men who [...]

The Vanishing Hillary »

By Pat Racimora on May 12, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Rebecca Price says it best: “How do you write someone out of history? It’s easy. Just don’t mention them. Or just photoshop them out of the picture.” Is this the same iconic photo you have seen of the mission to take out Osama bin Laden photograped from the White House Situation Room? Not quite? Who [...]

Torture: Out of Sight, Out of Mind? »

By Pat Racimora on May 8, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

It turns out it’s not just the euphemism “enhanced interrogation” that attempts to desensitize us to the mental and physical agony inflicted by one human being on another. It’s us—we do it to ourselves.

Behold! The Trumpet Blows! »

By Pat Racimora on Apr 18, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Despite the fact that his ego is the size of Uranus, Despite the fact that I would not support him as a Presidential candidate, and Despite the fact that drawing his hair is even more fun than playing with puppies while on absinthe, The fact remains that I kind of like this guy, Donald Trump.

Are Six-Year-Old Girls a National Security Risk? »

By Pat Racimora on Apr 14, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Apparently they are persons of interest, at least to the Transportation Security Administration. An overly invasive patdown of a tiny girl at a New Orleans airport seems to suggest that. What’s at issue here? Legitimate security concerns applied to all? Or outrageous TSA misconduct? Or sheer stupidity? (Whatever happened to common sense?) If you haven’t [...]

Who Visits the White House and Why? (Answer: Who Knows?) »

By Pat Racimora on Apr 13, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

On his first day of office, President Obama made the following statement: My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in [...]

ENCORE: The Gulf Oil Spill is SO Yesterday…Or Is It? »

By Pat Racimora on Apr 11, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Today when you hear the term “monumental disaster” your mind probably goes right to the devastation caused by the earthquakes in Japan. But it turns out we still have one ravaging here. I just had to pull out my toon from last August 31st as a No Quarter Encore feature.

Sexy at Age 8? »

By Pat Racimora on Mar 30, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Is this cartoon drawn by a raving pedophile with breast issues? You would think so. But, in fact, it is an almost realistic drawing of something far more insidious. [See a just-released update at the end of the story.]

Don’t Track Me Bro! (& Open Thread) »

By Pat Racimora on Mar 27, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Internet privacy? Forget it! The super-geeks have known about Zombie Cookies for a while. Only more recently are the rest of us leaning that those Web cookies we thought we killed by hand or blocked or that our security system snagged and deleted can respawn and live on and on inside our computers, unchecked and [...]

Devastation American Style »

By Pat Racimora on Mar 25, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

War slaughters and maims people, and it also destroys the great monuments of a culture. We have seen the images from ancient times up to the present day of once-grand edifices reduced to rubble and debris due to the ravages of wars and decay. Look below the fold. Where do you think these photos were [...]

Goodbye Elizabeth (and Open Thread) »

By Pat Racimora on Mar 23, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

The amazing Elizabeth Taylor passed away today. Her incredible beauty, those violet eyes, the many fine films and the many husbands, her advocacy for AIDs patients, and her friendship with Michael Jackson. Sadly, she was ill for much of her life starting with the lifelong pain caused by falling off a horse during the filming [...]

Surf’s Up! »

By Pat Racimora on Mar 19, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

Here I am in Santa Cruz, California, where the Japanese tsunami caused over 20 million dollars in damage to our harbor. But, are we in for something even worse?

When Scientists Cheat: The Fallout »

By Pat Racimora on Mar 15, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

While studying infantile autism as a young graduate student, I hoped to live long enough to learn what caused these beautiful little people to be trapped inside their own heads and bodies and how to reverse it. I was sure, after meeting many parents, that the “refrigerator mother” causation theory du jour was not only [...]

Who’s Hiding in the Teacup? »

By Pat Racimora on Mar 12, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments

When the Tea Party first came to light I was totally stoked. Wow. Ordinary citizens coming together to make their collective voices heard in protest against those wealthy Greedies (supported by our current administration) who were rewarded for their plunder while we everyday folks lost our homes, jobs, and what little security we had amassed. [...]